The Best Day of My Life!

So, yesterday i went to Y.E.S (Youth Empowerment Summit) sponsored by the GSA Network. I went with 3 of my friends (Z,K,L) (all straight) and a bunch of other people that i know from school. We got there way too early, we got off BART and then ended up walking in the opposite direction, it's nice knowing that i'm not the only one with a horrible sense of direction. Anyway, this guy was like following us and eventually got in front of us and started talking to us, telling us not to be scared of him.. ya.. he was creepy. but then he was talking about how he was going to see a lawyer and asked if we had ever seen a lawyer, and R says, "nope, cause we don't need one". that was awesome. we got there ate breakfast, and went to the opening event. ok, that was awesome but then we got to go to our first workshop. we went to this one that talks about all the new laws that prevent discrimination laws. i found out that one of my teachers had violated one of them, but it's really interesting. at least where i live the laws have gotten really tight, so there shouldn't be that much homophobia and transphobia, but there still is. then lunch, and then our second workshop. this one sucked, it was about drugs and how gay people are more likely to use drugs and alcohol. it would have been interesting but nope... the guy was just like so, drugs... the third workshop also sucked. it was how to get a date, and ya.. speed dating sucks, or at least this one did.. i ended up talking to all the guys.. which is not what i was looking for. this guy i talked to after said he had all the girls.. so we should have switched spots. i will point out that we got to pick the workshops, but the first one was great and i definitely choose different ones next year!

after the conference we walked around San Francisco, i think we were in the Castro area, looking for dinner. we ended up going to California Pizza Kitchen and separated by grade level. it was so much fun, we laughed and talked about the conference. then when it came time to pay, we spent then longest time figuring out the tip. when we finally did we realized we had done it the long and hard way. we walked to the dance and then hung out.

the dance was ok, it was fun dancing but all the cute girls had girlfriends so that kinda sucked. but in all i had a great time. my friends couldn't believe how happy i was, it was just so great being around either people who were gay or people who were just totally gay friendly. i wish every day was like that.. i mean i really felt like a totally different person. it was truly amazing, it really was the best day of my life!